Saturday, July 30, 2011

piCture pOlish blog fest - better late than never!

I'm sure by now most of you have heard of piCturepOlish.
On Monday, 60 bloggers from around the world were supposed to be posting swatches of each and every piCture pOlish shade. But some of us were unlucky - and our polishes did not arrive in time! (I blame the Canada Post strike.)
Mine and Kayla's arrived just four days too late to be able to participate on the correct day.
But like the girls from piCture pOlish told me - it's better late than never! So Kayla and I are posting ours today, in our own little blog fest.

I was so excited when I found out I was chosen to participate in the blog fest, and I couldn't wait to find out what shade I was going to be receiving!
I thought I would have to wait until I got the polish in the mail, but no, we all got emails letting us know which ones we would receive.
I read that my shade was Jade. I quickly went to the piCture pOlish website to see what it looked like.
When I saw the picture I thought, "What? Did the girls from piCture pOlish read my blog and discover that I am absolutely head-over-heels with anything turquoise/teal/jade?"
If I could have picked my own shade, it would have been Jade.
I'm not sure if it was an educated selection or just a total coincidence, but I couldn't be happier!

So before I show you my beautiful polish, how about I tell you a little more about piCture pOlish?
They're a polish company from Australia, but they're not your average polish company. Besides selling their own line of colors for $9.90 each, they offer a service where you can create your own polish line for promotion or retail! Learn more about that here. (Only available in Australia as of now.)
AND, they also sell Ozotic polishes! Yeah, Ozotic holographics, multichromes, Elytras, all of it.
They ship worldwide, too!

And, besides all that good stuff, the girls at piCture pOlish are awesome and send sweet emails! I love interacting with them. It's nice to know that the people behind some companies are lovely and truly enjoy what they are doing!

I'm in love!
The picture of this polish online makes it look like a creme but when I saw it I was surprised! It actually has a gorgeous silvery shimmer running through it.

The second picture is more color accurate than the first.

This polish started out a bit sheer - but I believe that for a shimmer polish to show its true potential, it needs to be a bit sheer. (I'm looking at you, Custom Kicks.)
I used three coats for perfect opacity.

Awesome!

Now, if you've been around my blog for a while, you'll know that I call this color my "problem color" because I have a problem obsession with it. I have a sea of polishes this color.

But, none of them are exactly like Jade.

The closest in color are Sinful Colors Mint Apple and Color Club Age of Aquarius.
Age of Aquarius is a bit more neon, and doesn't have shimmer. Mint Apple has shimmer but the color is a bit more toned down.

I stamped from Konad plate M64, with Wet N Wild Black Creme. I added a green rhinestone to keep with the jade green theme.
This image gave me a bit of trouble but I managed to get clean images after some fiddling.

I also thought it might be fun to show Jade with OPI's Black Shatter!

Bright colors always pop under Black Shatter!

Overall?
I am absolutely delighted with this shade!

I'm so happy to have been able to participate in blogfest (despite being a few days late,) and I hope the girls at piCture pOlish are happy to have included me!

What do you guys think? Do you need to get your hands on piCture pOlish? I need to get my hands on a few more, that's for sure!

CREATE-A-SCENE with piCturepOlish!

(Certain products in this post were provided to me in exchange for an honest review.)